The Scam Hunter

Scam artists routinely use the names and identities of real people and legitimate businesses in their con games. The people being named have nothing to do with the scam, of course: they are victims of the scammers just as you will be if you take the bait. Here is a familiar “plane crash scam” that makes use of a real attorney’s name and the name of a real person who did actually die in a plane crash. The scammer sending this message has no actual connection with either of them: he has just stolen their names and is using them to advance his own crooked purposes.

from Barrister Colin Elliott colinelliott1@btinternet.com
reply-to barristercolinelliott@googlemail.com
date Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 3:56 AM
subject VERY URGENT

From: Barrister Colin Elliott
Godolphin Chambers
23 Frances Street
Truro
Cornwall
TR1 3DP
DX81233 Truro
<!– http://www.godolphinchambers.co.uk/profiles/colin-elliott.htm –>

MAY PEACE BE UNTO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?

Greetings to you in the most holy name of God/Allah. I am Barrister Colin Elliott, the family lawyer to late Dr George Brumely . I need your assistance in transferring the sum of ($120M) One Hundred And Twenty Million United States Dollars into your account as my late client international business partner, these funds can be released and credited into your account within 6 to 9 banking days, this dormant funds has been dormant in my late client account with Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom as an investment funds.

I will use my legal powers and connections and obtain a change of beneficiary of the dormant account in your name as my late client Dr George Brumely International business partner. Be aware that my late client died along with his entire family in a plane crash some years ago. You can view this CNN news cast website/Link for confirmation of the death of my late client:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Please me aware to keep this secret 100% confidential between me and you alone for security reasons, so that no other person will know how we made such huge amount of hard currency when the funds will be credited into your account as an investment funds that belongs to you and your late international business partner Dr George Brumely.

I agree that 40% of this money will be for you in respect of the provision of a foreign account and for presenting your self as an international business partner to my late client, 5% will be set aside for expenses that may rise during the business and 55% would be for me as the founder of the deal. Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Reply me if interested. This is my personal email address: ( barristercolinelliott@yahoo.com )

please fill in your personal information’s as indicated below.

Your name in full…………………………….

Your address in full…………………………….

Your country of origin………………………

Your age………………………………………..

Your cell phone………………………………

Your occupation……………………………..

Your sex………………………………………..

Your marital status…………………………..

From the desk of
Barrister Colin Elliott

This is a standard investment scam, purporting to come from the UK. Since you have so much experience in business and finance (you do, don’t you?), a millionaire financier is contacting you for investing advice. You don’t have to put up any up-front money, honest! (Well, maybe a few thousand, sucker. Just enough to keep us going until we can fool someone else.)

from Ken George info@consultant.com
reply-to aw7525@gmail.com
date Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:22 PM
subject Partnership Investment (Give a reply)

Good day,

My name is Mr. Ken George a financial consultant based in London, United Kingdom. My client has intention of investing his funds in a country that has political/economic stability and which also have great potentials for long term investments for good returns. In a nutshell, my client has in his possession US$50M to invest in your country and considering your vast experience in business, I would like you to be the manager of the funds for investment in your country.

You don’t have to spend any money upfront from your pocket to achieve this as I have already concluded arrangement of the transfer of the US$30.5M to your nominated bank account anywhere in the world. My client only requires me to introduce a partner who is capable and trustworthy to receive the funds on our behalf. This amount when received into your bank account, will be used to finance the processing of the transfer of my client’s fund [US$50M].Please I want you to understand how difficult it would be to get across to a bank account that can carry the huge sum of US$50M without raising an eyebrow not only by the government but as well by the receiving bank due to rampant cases of money laundering, terrorism and drug traffic activities so it would only be easier for the investor to get such amount transferred to you on BANK GUARANTEE without hitch. All you have to do is to discuss with your bank/account officer that you are expecting some funds from you

However, note that we shall be paying tax to the UK government as soon as the fund leaves the paying bank to the receiving bank which we must not violet such laws as we will not like to be involved in such cases of avoiding the Tax required to be paid both here in the UK and there also in your country. Meanwhile, we will solicit on your behalf with the help of a lawyer to the tax office that this should be inclusive when we have confirmed that the BANK GUARANTEE is confirmed by your bank to avoid misinterpretation of our proposal so that it will enable you to apply for 20-30% of the total sum transferred based on the negotiation approved for the tax.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, and you are ready to work with us, please get back to us with the required information needed to process the required documents and also establish a good business relationship before the transfer is made and to also enable us work out on the modalities and your consideration for participating in this project is 10% of the total on every income yearly as time and profit permits.

On your positive response I shall clarify further on the project.

Yours faithfully,
Ken George
Second Floor, 47 Fleet Street
EC4Y 1BJ, London U.K
Tel/Fax: +44 7006 024135

This is a standard next-of-kin scam, asking you to pose as the only heir of a wealthy businessman who was killed in a car crash. The same names are recycled over and over (Engr. Mueller, in this case). Most such scams are built around actual people and real events, to lend an air of legitimacy to the story. Alas, the bank account and the bank official are all phony: it’s just a trick to empty your wallet.

from Dr. Yada Nasiru yadanasiru@w.cn
reply-to dr_yadanasiru@dr.com
date Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 03:44 AM
subject I Wait For Your Reply

Dear Friend.

My name is Dr. Yada Nasiru, A banker by Profession and Currently A Director of Finance Auditing and Accounting Unit in my Bank, Which the name will giving to you as soon as you respond for security reason.

I get your name and address in my search for a reputable and reliable person to help me claim the sum of USD$15.6 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS, Deposited in our bank by one of our customer Eng. Mueller who die with his wife and two children on the 21Th day of April 2001 in car clash along Aflao express road.

Since his death no one has come up as his next of kin and all our efforts to locate any member of his family immediate family has prove Abortive that was why I decided to see if I can get anybody who has the same surname or last name with him via Internet preferably some one of the same nationality with him which I believe you have all the qualities we need.

Why i am contacting you is to present you to our bank as the next of Kin to the deceased customer. He was Drilling contractor with some Oil Companies here in west Africa,also because you have the same surname/last name with him. So it will be more acceptable and wiser to present you through paper work to the Bank for claim of the total fund.

I will give you all the necessary requirements that the bank may request from you and follow up the transfer of the fund into your account as an Insider. It will interest you to know that I and my partners has been keeping the account dormant to enable our plans for the funds to come through and this is the time and we are happy to locate you for the perfection of the transfer of the Fund into your nominated Bank Account to be given.

As soon as I get your positive response on Email ( dr_yadanasiru@dr.com ) I will update you about the mode of disbursement and we will also need to know about investing in your Country as a way of helping your people who suppose are the original owners of this Fund, I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible through my direct telephone number +233-248-364-393 (dr_yadanasiru@dr.com) stating your wish in this deal.

Looking forward to your urgent response by updating me with direct Telephone and Fax number for easy communication.

Yours Specially
Dr. Yada Nasiru

=============================================
THIS E-MAIL IS MY TEMPORARY ADDRESS. FOR SECURITY REASONS, I PREFER YOU SEND ME YOUR REPLIES VIA MY PRIVATE CONTACT E-MAIL: dr_yadanasiru@dr.com

THANKS – Dr. Yada Nasiru

One reason lottery scams may be so persistent is that some people do enter online lotteries, and so are more likely to be hooked when the scam message arrives. If you’ve never entered an online lottery you can’t be a winner; but some people do enter, and so if a scam message happens to arrive a few days later, well, you’re predisposed to think it’s really for you. And if the scammer is sending out thousands or even millions of copies, it only takes a few luck “hits” for him to hit the jackpot for himself.

from Mr White Kelly officefilexxxx@att.net
reply-to mrwhitekelly@yahoo.com.hk
date Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 4:03 PM
subject THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT LONDON

THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT LONDON,
BRITISH GAMING BOARD,
292, UPPER RICHMOND RD WEST,
EAST SHEEN,LONDON,SW14 7JG
UNITED KINGDOM.

Dear,

The Uk National Lottery has set out and successfully organized a Sweepstakes marking the beginning of the year anniversary. We rolled out over 10,000.000.00 (10 million e-mails) to mark the 2010 Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their BETA patronage attaching personalized email addresses to ticket numbers.

Your email address as indicated,it was drawn and attached to Ticket no:56475600545188 with verification number no:2113-05 and drew the lucky numbers 9-21-17-39-23-13(20) which subsequently won you 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain pounds) as one of the 10 jackpot winners in this draw. Please fill the form bellow for claims and get back.

Agent Name: Mr.White Kelly

1.Full Name:………
2.Full Address:……
3.Status:…………
4.Occupation:……..
5.Phone Number:……
6.Country:………..
7.Marital Status:….
8.Occupation:……..
9.Age:……………
10.E-MAIL Address:…
11.Nationality:…….

Congratulation!!

Thanks,
Mr.White Kelly
(Co-ordinator)

This is a standard lottery scam message, using the name of a less common lottery. (Most lottery messages are based on the Euro Millions lottery, or something similar.) The approach is the same, however, no matter which lottery is named: they tell you you’ve won, and if you take the bait, you discover that “fees” and “taxes” have to be paid before the supposed winnings can be released. Of course there really are no winnings; there’s just a scammer trying to separate you from your cash.

from ACCU LOTTO ONLINE paulamcc@optusnet.com.au
reply-to atlanticogrupo@mycin.net
date Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 7:16 AM
subject Attn:Beneficiary

Attn:Beneficiary,

Be Informed that your e-mail ID emerged winner of 1,200,000.00 Euros in our computer balloting system drawn from the world wide web results of the 2010 electronic online E-mail sweepstakes organized by Accu Lotto Online in conjuction with the Alliance Members of Inter.Net Award. We request you to pay serious attention to this notification by contacting the claims Agent with claim information’s and procedures of claim.Your winning in informations Ticket Nr.: C:38 R:9, Reference Nr.: 5687SPL876.

Please contact the FOREIGN TRANSFER MANAGER of Accu Claims Deparment, with the below information.

Your Names …………………..
Your Country …………………
Your Phone No ………………..
Your Occupation :……………..
Your Age …………………….
Sex …………………………

Accu Security Company S.A.
Contact: Dr.Gabriel Sanchez
Tel: +34-666-692-632
E-Mail: claimsgroup@mycin.net

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Marcelo Dean.
Public Relation Officer.

Lots of people have probably created free accounts on various websites and then just abandoned them for lack of interest. Maybe you created a free account at Yahoo, or Google, or some other service a long time ago and have just never used it. One scam method takes advantage of this common behavior and tries to get you to give away your secret passwords. Of the thousands of people who receive the message below, a few probably do have Webmail accounts. If they respond, thinking that their service may get canceled, the scammer will gain access to their private account, and can then engage in who-knows-what nefarious activities.

from Account User maintains@ymail.com
reply-to maintainsite07@ymail.com
date Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:06 AM
subject Attention: Account User.

Account Alert
Dear Valued Member

Due to the congestion in all Webmail users and removal of all unused Webmail Accounts,Webmail would be shutting down all unused accounts,You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Info below after clicking the reply botton, or your account will be suspended within 72 hours for security reasons.

UserName: ………………………………
Old Password:………………………………….
New Password:……………………………………..
Date Of Birth: …………………………………..
Country Or Territory:…………………………

After Following the instructions in the sheet,your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconvinience.

When your file is marked with an X and painted RED you know something must be going on. Here we have yet another scammer offering to save you from the nefarious designs of other scammers. This guy will release the money to you that the other guys have been keeping locked up. And besides, who could doubt someone named Elvis?

from MR. ADEKUNLE ELVIS. xxdamixx@o2.pl
reply-to aelvis83@yahoo.com.hk
date Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 9:54 PM
subject THE TRUTH BEHIND YOUR UNPAID FUND.

This is just a short true note about your unpaid fund, so you need to relax and read very well to your best understanding.

I am Mr Adeakunle Elvis. a computer scientist working with central bank of Nigeria. I am 25 years old, just started working with C.B.N. I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and but the fund was not released to you.

The most annoying thing is that they won’t tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you,instead they allow you spend money unnecessarily, I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security and assure me that when I make the release, you will settle me .

I needed to do this because you need to know the status of your Funds and cause for the delay, Please this is like a Mafia setting in Nigeria, you may not understand it because you are not a Nigerian. The only thing needed to release this fund is the Original Anti drug/terrorist clearance certificate which will be tendered to any of your nominated bank and the INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE(IRS) for clearance of the transfered amount in your account.

Once the Original Anti drug /terrorist clearance certificate is obtained funds will immediately reflect in your bank within 10 Minutes, the certificate is all that is needed to complete this transaction. The only authorized person who will issue you your Original document is Mr. Shelton D. Johnson.

Please Nlote: when contacting him, do not/ never tell him I was the one, just make sure you indicate your file letter X and tell him painted color Red so that he would recognise your file.

Note that the actual funds is valued at $15.5 MILLION USD and the president made a compensation fund release for all unpaid beneficiary valued at $10 million usd.

Therefore, you will not be able to receive your Original initial fund but the sum of $6 million will be transfered to you as soon as sthe original documents is cleared.

Listed below are the mafia’s and banks behind the non release of your funds that i managed to sneak out for your kind persual.

1) Prof. Charles soludo
2) Chief Joseph Sanusi
3) Dr. R. Rasheed
4) Barrister Awele Ugorji
5) Mr Roland Ngwa
6) Barrister Ucheuzo Williams
7) Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Obi
8) Dr. Patrick Aziza – Deputy Governor – Policy / Board Member
9) Mr. Tunde Lemo – Deputy Governor – Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member
10) Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia – Deputy Governor – Corporate Services / Board Members
11) Mrs. Okonjo Iweala
12) Mrs. Rita Ekwesili
13) Barr Jacob Onyema
14) Dr. Godwin Oboh: Director Union Bank Of Nigeria.
15) Mr John Collins: Global Diplomat Director.
16) Foreign fund diplomatic courier
17) Barr. Becky Owens
18)Rev. Steven Jones
19) bank of Africa
20)Mrs. Debbie Hargrove
21)Mr. Micheal Wagner
22) ADB Bank Ouagadougou Burkinafaso
23) FSA UK
24) NATWEST BANK
25) ECO Bank
26) Credit Bank

Do get in touch with me immediately to conclude this final transaction immediately,and also send to me your convenient tel/fax numbers for easy communications.

Regards,
Mr Elvis Adekunle.

The scammers must have fun coming up with some of these schemes. This is a classic version of the scam that offers to compensate you for previous scams. Since everyone gets phony emails these days, what better trick to use than to fraudulently offer restitution for all the harm that scammers have done to you. You’re fed up with all those scammers, aren’t you! The scammers know you are, and so here they try to trick you again by taking it to the next level.

from Nation un110011@live.co.uk
reply-to unitednation.office2010@gmail.com
date Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 9:25 AM
subject COMPENSATION- REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06657.

UNITED NATIONS HEAD QUATERS
United Nations Plaza,
27th Floor, New York, NY 10017

SCAMMED VICTIM/ Three Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars COMPENSATION- REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06657.

Attn: Beneficiary

The U.S President BARAK OBAMA in conjunction with the UNITED NATIONS in the United Nations 2010 Compensation program authorized the compensation of one hundred internet fraud victims the sum of Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars each, you have been listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims as confessed by one of the swindlers who was apprehended by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payment of your Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars compensations funds.

Furthermore we would like to bring to your notice that during the last UN meeting held at New York, The issue of loss of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today had an alarming response confirming a high rate of Internet fraud activities. In other to retain the good image of each country represented at the UN Meeting, the president of some of the Countries who’s citizens were involved in these internet activities (Which includes South Africa , Dubai and Nigeria) are now paying 100 victims of this operators Three million five hundred thousand United states dollars each. Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in the listed countries, the payments are to be made by UNITED NATIONS under funding assistance of the BARCLAYS BANK PLC UK. According to the number of applicants at hand, 84 beneficiaries have been paid, of which a majority of the scammed victims orig inate from the United States and

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Nigeria as one of their victims of their operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason for whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the rest of the criminals associated with him.

We have confirmed from the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) concerning this issue and they indicated to us that several Fraudulent attempts have been made to extort Money from you all in the name of giving you funds.

For more vital information, please visit: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal

As soon as we receive your response we would make necessary arrangements to ensure that your funds are swiftly transferred to you without delays.

We are also working hand in hand with the Federal Bureau of Investigation to see to it that this imposter’s re brought to book. Your response is highly required to enable us materialize the processing of transfer of your UNITED NATIONS/BARAK OBAMA COMPENSATION funds.

In your email response, indicate your contact phone number and a valid copy of your proof of Identification including a preferred means by which the BARCLAYS BANK PLC LONDON, UK can conveniently transfer the Three million five hundred thousand United States dollars to you.

Signed.
Ban Ki-moon
Secretary General, United Nation.
Copyright (c) 2010 United Nation Organization All Rights Reserved

It’s another wonderful name: Chief Festus Omuna. Chief Festus has your money at last. (That Nigerian Central Bank can be so slow!) And now it’s ready to be transferred via Centrum Discount Bank. There will certainly be some “transfer fees” along the way, but what’s a few thousand when you millions coming! (Sucker.)

from BANK CENTRUM_DISCOUNT@sify.com
reply-to CENTRUM_DISCOUNBANK@centrum.sk
date Sat, Mar 28, 2010 at 3:03 AM
subject YOUR FUNDS TRANSFERED TO YOU !!

Att, customer

This is to inform you that the central bank of Nigeria has direct us at CENTRUM DISCOUNT BANK to pay you, your long over due funds which has been fainally approved for direct payment to your account without involving any third party

Your Aknowledgement receipt of this mail is highly anticipated

Congratulations in advance
REPLY THROUGH;- CENTRUM_DISCOUNBANK@CENTRUM.SK

Chief Festus Omuna
Group MD centrum discount bank

How could I not reply to someone with the marvelous name “Gawain G. Roos”? And especially since he’s so international, with a sender’s address in the US, a reply-to address in France, and a secretary in China. He says he contacted me before about the inheritance from his late client, but the only problem is … so many barristers have contacted me about so many inheritance claims, I can’t remember which client the distinguished Barr. Gawain is working for.

from GAWAIN G ROOS gawaing@bellsouth.net
reply-to anekwe_chinedu99@yahoo.fr
date Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:48 AM
subject Now Contact My Secretary

I am the Barrister who contacted you long ago for an Inheritance claims, regards to my late client.

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund ransferred under the cooperation of a new partner from the United Emirate, Presently I’m in Dubai for an investment projects.

However you should contact my secretary in Cotonou  Benin Republic, with the following information, Mr. Jerry White E-mail Address (jerrywhite02@w.cn) Ask him to send you the Cashier’s Cheque,sum of ($1500,000.00)one million five Hundred Thousand Dollars , which I kept for your compensation, however he will attend to you without delay. Furthermore you should also re-confirm the following information to my secretary, to avoid wrong delivery.

1, Your Full Name…
2, Your Address……
3,Phone Num….

Best Regards

Barr Gawain G Roos

This one was dated January 2006 but has reappeared in March 2010. Scammers always recycle! And it’s such a complicated story. The World Bank in London wants to give you money, but someone from Arkansas has shown up at their offices claiming to represent you. If you’re still alive you’d better speak up or this person will take all your money. It’s a scam within a scam, and you need a scorecard to keep track of the players.

from HSBC BANK PLC jennifer@sg1stop.com
date Mon, Jan 2, 2006 at 8:29 PM
subject    NOTIFICATION OF YOUR UNCLAIMED FUND!!
mailed-by sg1stop.com

HSBC BANK PLC. (REGISTERED NO.1026167).
ADDRESS: 8 CANADA SQUARE LONDON , E14 5HQ ,
UNITED KINGDOM.

Chairman Committee On Foreign Contract And
Inheritance fund Payment Notification
FROM:HSBC BANK PLC LONDON.

Attn: Beneficiary,

The U.S.A Government, World Bank And United Nations Organization Official Has Approved to pay you part payment of your Contract/Inheritance Fund payment Valued at 5.5Million USD in conjunction with British Government and HSBC BANK PLC LONDON.

This International Remittance Department(HSBC BANK PLC LONDON) was set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being owned to Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance and Lottery Winning Prize Awards.

However,a decision was made last week With this development, a woman by name (MRS.JANET WHITE) came to our office with an application stating that you gave her the power of attorney to be the beneficiary of your Outstanding Contract/Inheritance/award funds. She made us to believe that you are dead and that she is your next of kin. We got your email address through UK Lottery Board Organization and we decided to send an email through this address hoping to find out if you are Dead or Alive and also to find out if you at any time give this woman the power of attorney to represent you.

Please let us know also if you are aware of this development,hence we are almost ready to transfer part payment of $5.5M USD of your outstanding funds to her nominated bank account stated below:

NAME OF BANK: FIRST NATIONAL BANK
ADDR: 120 SO. 2nd. ST.
BLYTHEVILLE,ARKANSAS 72315 USA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 482986
ROUTING NUMBER:084107343
Swift code # : WMSBUS66
BENEFICIARY: JANET WHITE

If you are not aware of the above instruction, do respond to this email immediately by contacting the head of the International remittance department (Mr.Michael Geoghegan).

His contact informations are written below:
Name:Mr.Michael Geoghegan.
Direct Telephone Number:+44-70-45703001
Fax Number:+44-870-9741509
Email:geogheganmichael@cabanova.com
Email:geoghegan2010@cabanova.com

For immediate transfer of your funds be informed that you are not allowed to correspond or contact any person or office with respect to this transfer other than this office, you are required to send to him an email with your full name,Company or Residential address and your direct Telephone number,Fax Number and your mobile phone where you can be reach at all time.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr.Alex Hungate.

FOR HSBC BANK LONDON.

The United Nations just loves to give away money. Here we are to believe that the money the UN owes you is ready to be sent, courtesy of Western Union. All you have to do is, you know, confirm your identity (wink, wink). In other words, give your contact information to the scammers. You’ll soon find that there are “transaction fees” to be paid before the non-existent funds can be transferred.

from WESTERN UNION info@univicosa.com.br
reply-to online.deliverydept1@web2mail.com
date Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 5:18 AM
subject Your Inheritance/Winning payment of $380,000.00 USD to you.

We wish to inform you that the United Nations Organization (UN) has taking over the Inheritance/Winning payment issue in which you presently have with your transaction agents. Your funds was withdrawn by UN on your behalf based on the fact that you where subjected to too many process that will make you spend more money before receiving your funds.

Your Inheritance/Winning payment was paid out to the United Nations Organization, and they have succeeded in depositing your funds with us. They have ordered Western Union to take full responsibility in the transfer process of your funds, and we have received your application for the first installment of $8,600.00 USD from the total amount of $380,000.00 USD,Three Hundred And Eighty Thousand United States Dollars. For some security reasons ,we need you to reconfirm your personal data’s.

Full Names**
Contact Address**
Country**
Age**
Telephone Number**

before receiving the MTCN for the first installmental payment of $8,600.00USD, and we will email you others after 24 hours of receiving each payment.

Yours truly
Mr. Wilfred Davidson
online.deliverydept1@web2mail.com
For Western union payment Centers.

It’s always nice to get mail from someone important, like the Senate President. Or even the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. And when they have money for you it’s even better! For some reason they’re using an email address in Hong Kong, though … hmmm. What could that mean. But don’t worry, because your lawyer has been on the case already. You did ask your lawyer to call them, didn’t you, because if you didn’t someone has been trying to scam you (say the scammers). Confused yet? Well, if you just call them they can straighten it out for you (and get you on the hook for more scamming to come).

from Senate President cbn.nigeria10@live.com
reply-to centralb71@yahoo.com.hk
date Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 6:50 AM
subject Your Over Due ATM/Contracts/Inheritance

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS-NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
Our Ref: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/210
Swift Code: BPH KPL PK,
CABLEGRAM: NAPTCOR

Your Over Due ATM/Contracts/Inheritance
Attn:

This is to notify you that your over due contract/inheritance funds has been gazette to be released, via key telex transfer (KTT) -direct wire transfer to you or through any of our correspondent bank nominated by the senate committee for foreign over due fund transfer.

Meanwhile, Your Lawyer came to my office few days ago with a letter, claiming to be your true representative.He also advice us to wire the fund to the new bank account given by her stated that you are very sick and could not yourself,Here are information for you to confirm to this office if this woman is truly from you or not so that the Federal Government will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account

ABA#
Routing #
A/C No.#
A/C Name:

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this man is from you. You are requested to send this information for verifications purposes so that your fund valued U.S$6.million dollars will be remitted into your nominated bank account given:

(1) Your Full Name And Address:
(2) Your Age And Marital Status:
(3) Your Occupation:
(4) Your Telephone/Cell Number:
(5) Your Nationality:

As soon as we receive the above requested information, we will commence with all necessary procedures in other to remit your money/funds into your account.

However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mr .Jackie White, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today. We are sorry for any inconvenience the delay in transferring of this fund must have caused you.

AS SOON AS YOU GOT THIS EMAIL FOR WHAT NEXT TO DO.ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING’

Regards,
Governor Sanusi Lamido
Governor Central Bank Of Nigeria.(CBN)

Cc: Senate President
Cc: All Foreign Payment Offices
Cc: Board of Directors [Fpd]
Cc: Accountant General Of The Federation

The allure of gold seems to make half the scammers in the world claim to have a trunk full of gold dust, or to be executives of gold mining companies, or to be the secret possessors of a fortune in rare gold coins. Here, the supposed son of a supposed mining director wants your help to invest in your country. Such a thoughtful boy! Who could turn him down? Certainly not you (sucker).

from Informação Mota & Teixeira jose_ma@hawaii.com
reply-to jose_ma@hawaii.com
date Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 9:40 AM
subject Complement of the Season.

Dear Sir,

I am Mr. Joseph Madu, an economics student; i have an inherited fund that was deposited in a security company on my name in Spain by my late father, who was once the director of West Africa gold miners association until his death. However i have not been to your country before but i will like you to give me details of investment opportunities in your country and also assist me to invest in your country.

Reply to this mail address. jose_ma@mail.md.

Thanks as you reply.
Joseph Madu.

Mr. Lang Lu, the Audit Manager of the Asia Foreign Contractor’s Settlement Centre, tells a familiar story. If you’ll just agree to his conditions, he’ll allow you to transfer a fortune into your bank account. The money is coming from a “ghost account” you see, so it’s not like we’ll be hurting anyone. It’s just a matter of cleaning up the accounting, and there are always a few million left over. Why let the rich bank owners have it, when we could share it among ourselves?

from Mr. Lang Lu lulang5@gmail.com
reply-to lulang5@gmail.com
date Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 12:36 PM
subject    From Mr. Lu Lang / D28

Asia Foreign Contractors Settlement Centre
Peoples Republic of China.

Attention: Sir,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone through your remarkable profile on the internet and as one of the leading profit oriented companies which I intend investing part of my money into any profitable business you will introduce. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However,this Correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such. Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax or Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the seriousness it deserves. I also guarantee you that this business is hitch free from all what you may think of.

I am Mr. Lang Lu , 32yrs, male, single and the Audit Manager Asia Foreign Contractor’s Settlement Centre China Branch. My office monitors and controls all foreign contract settlement here in Hubei Province of China. I am the final signatory to every payment files for the remittance of huge funds moving within both on the local and international levels in line with foreign claim settlement. I have before me list of payment files, which have been identified either as an over-invoiced sum or ghost file. On this note, I wish to have a deal with you as regards to this unpaid funds as I have the file before me and all datas are correct and it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the Chinese Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed entitlements, I have the opportunity to write you based on the instructions received two days ago from the inland revenue board to submit the List of payment reports/expenditures and audited reports of revenues before the end of next week.

My Conditions:

1) After the processing of all relevant legal documents with your name as the bonfide beneficiary, I will personally endorse your file here in my desk and the sum of $10.5million will be insured and deposited with a bank here in China who will then contact you and forward to you an online account details created in your favor and once you receive the online account details from the bank here in China, you will immediately log-in into the online account with the details forwarded to you and personally make a direct transfer from the account to any account there in your country and once you confirm the transfer, I will then fly down to your country for my share and your advise on how I can invest into your line of business.

2) This business must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be strictly by email and telephone for security purposes no fax messaging please.

3) There should be no third parties as most problem associated with foreign fund release are caused by agents or representatives.

If you AGREE with my conditions, I want you to send to me now your

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS :
and a DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:

where I can call you and discuss in details and the business will commence without delay as I will proceed to fix your name on the Payment list instantly before the end of next week.

I hope you do not reject this offer and have your funds transferred.

Waiting for your reply soon.

Faithfully,

Mr. Lang Lu
Audit Manager

“Dr. Dave Morgan” claims to be from London, so why is he using an email address in Portugal? And old Andreas Schranner, well, he seems to have had money hidden in hundreds of banks all over the world, from the number of times his name is invoked by scammers. (Poor fellow!) But the real innovation of this message is that it included as an attachment, not shown here, a photo of “Dr. Morgan”! He looks like a decent businessman; and the person in the (stolen) photo probably is a decent businessman. Identity theft is part and parcel of the advance fee fraud game.

from Dr. Dave Morgan davenmorgan@portugalmail.pt
reply-to davemorgan2010@live.com
date Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 11:32 PM
subject Could you consider working with me ???

Dear Sir/Mam

Could you consider working with me to receiving this sum of Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$10.5m) to your country for establishing a medium size industry in your country? The said 10.5 Million Dollars was deposited in our security company (Safe Deposit Centers) here in London by Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German citizen who died in a plane crash in the year 2000.

Our company has tried to contact any of his immediate family to come forward for the claims but could not succeed in relocating any of his family. We discover that the late German died along side with his wife and children who supposed to be his next of kin.

Click here (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) I will give you all vital information concerning the money if you are interested. You can come to our company in person for the fund claims or you can request for our company to ships the funds to you in your country diplomatically.

I am manager in this company; I will play a role to make sure that the 10.5 Million Dollars is released to you. As soon as I receive your first reply, I will also give you a draft application which you will fill and forward to our company to enable them release the fund to you as beneficiary.

Reply and let me know your full Name, Sex, Age, Address, Occupation, Direct telephone and Fax if available. Please get back to me thought my personal e-mail address as given bellow.

I await your urgently reply.

Dr. Dave Morgan
Manager Safe Deposit Centers London
Tell: 0044-701-0995965
Email: davemorgan2010@live.com
www.safedepositcentres.co.uk

The “United Nations Debt Reconciliation Committee” has good news for you: a fortune in cash is headed your way. But first you’ll have to fend off the evil lawyer Joel A. Goodman from “Ohio Hawaii USA” who has come to claim it in your name. Scammers use the same kind of psychological pressures that used car salesmen use to close a deal: if you don’t act now, you’ll miss your only chance and it will never come again! Hurry up! Alas, it’s all a scam: there is no fortune, no “Joel A. Goodman,” and no money headed your way. There’s just a scammer trying to pick your pocket.

from: Amb. Frank Allan Hooke
reply-to: unafricaregionaloffice@mynet.com
date: Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 11:34 AM
subject: United Nations Development Program

United Nations Development Program
Directorate of International Payment
United Nations Liaison Office – Africa

Dear Fund Beneficiary,

We are pleased to inform you that we the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Committee newly set up by The United Nations African Liaison office based on series of petitions we received from International Bodies such as Co-operate Bodies and Non-Governmental Organizations(NGO) on the inability of some Government of different countries in the World especially from Africa, Commercial banks and World Lottery Organization to settle their clients Contract debt, Inheritance Fund and Winning prize.

This email is to notify you about the release of your outstanding payment.The United Nations African Liaison office in conjunction with the African Union scheduled a time frame to settle all foreign debts which includes Contract/Inheritance / Lottery etc.News had it that over the past,numerous individual(s) who happen to be impostors (claiming to be individuals, banks and organizations) are claiming to release numerous sums of fund via numerous ways.

It may interest you to know that during our investigation, we uncovered an outstanding unpaid/unclaimed sum of money in your name the total sum of US$3.2 million and a mandate has been given to our committee the United Nations Debt Reconciliation Committee of which the Chairman is Sir, Arnold Parrish to contact you for the payment of your funds with the Issued Enquiry Notification Code: UNO/1102/US-08ZZ/09.

Few days ago we receive a letter from a lawyer named Joel A. Goodman Ohio Hawaii USA who contacted us and also presented to us all the necessary documents personally signed by him claiming to be your true representative and requested that the funds be released to him as your legal representative.

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency if this man is from you so that this committee will not be held responsible for paying to the wrong person. However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mr. Joel A. Goodman, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days.

Sincerely,
Amb. Frank Allan Hooke
Secretary United Nations Debt Reconciliation Committee

Who could be suspicious of someone who belonged to the Helicopter Society? Scammers worldwide have a fascination with people who have the title “Engr.” and this message is no exception. “Engr. Jürgen Krügger,” a member of the Helicopter Society, has made you a beneficiary in his will. Never heard of him? No problem! This is legit, we promise (you sucker).

from: Read This Mail Carefully
reply-to: info.williamschamber@gmail.com
date: Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 12:15 AM
subject: ATTENTION:READ THIS MAIL CAREFULLY!!

Attention:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Eng. Jürgen Krügger. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Eng. Jürgen Krügger made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$30, 100.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Eng. Jürgen Krügger until his death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Engr. Jurgen Krugger died on the 13th day of December, 2004 at the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time.Note: You are advise to contact me with my personal email address:

info.teddy2009chambers@gmail.com

I await your prompt response.

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER TEDDY WILLIAMS ESQ.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq Markus Wolfgang,Smith Esq

Tel+34-658-654-308,
Fax:+34911414351
E-mail:info.teddy2009chambers@gmail.com

This is the familiar wealthy-widow scam: a woman (and her son) have been left a fortune by her late husband, who died under mysterious circumstances (poisoned, murdered, assassinated). Won’t you help them get this money out of the country so the evil ones can’t get hold of it, and so it can be invested in legitimate businesses?

from: satinnareli satinnareli@mail.kz
date: Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 10:12 AM
subject: From Mrs Satin Nareli

From Mrs Satin Nareli
Mrs Satin Nareli
Avenue 15,rue 12
Lot 1225,Deux Plateau
Abidjan-Coted’ivoire

It’s my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son Ben intend to establish in your country,Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of money Eigtheen million U.S dollars($18,000,000.00) which my late Husband Mr.Edwards Nareli kept for us in a Bank there in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons.Now my son and I decieded to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security purposes.We want you to help us to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings below:

1). Telecommunication
2). International School
3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response.

Extend my warmest regards to your entire family. Thank you and God bless you.

Sincerely
Mrs Satin Nareli

I haven’t come across a phishing scam claiming to come from the Bank of India before, but over time scammers will certainly end up naming most major banks around the world in their frauds. This is a standard password-phishing message, one that tries to get you to reveal your secret account information on a fraudulent website set up by the scammers. (We have deleted the scam link here, as we always do.) The scammers broadcast the message to tens or hundreds of thousands of people randomly, in the hope that some of the recipients will have an actual account and the named bank and will be fooled into responding.

from: Bank of India Boi.Starconnect@bankofindia.com
date: Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 8:47 PM
subject: Bank of India Alert: New Security Implementaion

Security Alert:
Attention! You are to immediately upgrade your Bank of India Account

To enhance the security of your Bank of India account we have upgraded our internet banking platform with a new Second Level Authentication system “2FA”. This is in our bid to reduce internet fraud.You are to immediately login your internet banking account to initiate the upgrade.

As an additional security measure, your access to Online Banking has been limited. This web security measure does not affect your phone banking or ATM banking.

Please follow the link below to resolve this problem

[scam link deleted]

Thank You.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Bank of India will periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements. Visit our Privacy Policy and User Agreement if you have any questions.

This is a simple and standard lottery scam message, tricked out with the usual code numbers and drawing references. I hadn’t come across one claiming to be from Toyota before, but over time I’m sure the names of many major corporations will end up appearing in scam messages. Scammers use them to lend credibility to their frauds — a backhanded compliment, I suppose, to the corporations themselves.

from: Toyota Japan Lottery lotto_agenttoyota@yahoo.com.hk
reply-to: claimsprocessorjohn@yahoo.com.hk
date: Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:48 AM
subject: Contact our judiciary agent

Toyota Japan Lottery
Customer Service Department
Affiliate of Toyota Branch China.
28 Tanfield Road Tiaxiu lio Beijing China

Dear Lucky Winner,

We happily announce to you the draw of  TOYOTA CAR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION PROGRAM online Sweepstakes program held this year 2009.

You have won USD 1,000,000.00 (One Million United States Dollars Only) from Toyota lottery draw 2009.Your Email ID was one of the selected email all over the world in the lottery draw and it comes out one of the lucky winning number 05,12,30,11,17,43 and Bonus number 10 , Your INSURANCE Number: FLS433/453L /GMSA.

For us to process your winning for transfer you are advice to contact our judiciary agent with the details below in China for your payment.

Dr.John Lee
Foreign Services Manager,
Toyota Motors Cooperation China Branch.
Tel- +8613480076925
Email- claimsprocessorjohn@yahoo.com.hk

Please forward to him the following details below

1. Name (in Full):
2. Country:
3. Address:
4. Direct Telephone No Mobile:
5. Age:
6. Occupation/position:

Congratulations!! Once again.

Yours in service,
Mrs. Suzane Lang,
Online Coordinator.
www.toyota.com.cn

This is a standard advance-fee scam letter, spinning its story around a supposed car crash victim (instead of the more usual plane crash victim). “John Stendahl LLP” (or is it LLB?), the supposed victim’s supposed attorney, wants to cut you in on a piece of the abandoned fortune. If you play along you’ll just end up enriching “Mr. Stendahl” and impoverishing yourself.

from: Mr.John Stendahl LLP samarsingh@hathway.com
reply-to: johnstendahlmr@aol.nl
date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 4:09 PM
subject: Hello..

Hello,

I seek your assistance on a business transaction that will be of mutual benefits.Please, read below the details of this transaction and what is required of you to get this transaction started: Mr. Mr. Gregory John Kenzig was my client for over a decade. He died in a auto accident in June 2007. He had a deposit in the sum of US$15M with a finance firm in the Netherlands .

I, as the attorney to late Mr. Gregory John Kenzig is the only person that knows about the investment I did on his behalf in a Finance house in Netherlands . I have contacted you so I can present you to the finance firm as the beneficiary of the US$15M.

If you are interested in carrying out this viable transaction with me, you are to email me your full name, address, telephone and fax number; I will prepare, sign and email you a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for you to sign and email or fax a copy back to me. The MOU as an agreement will state the sharing ratio. It will also state that none of the proceeds will be used for any illegal activity. After we both sign the MOU, I will then obtain the letter of administration from the probate office thereby making you the bona fide beneficiary of the funds.

I will forward to the Finance Company where the funds are deposited, the letter of administration and a covering letter from my firm, stating I was instructed by the late Gregory John Kenzig to transfer the title to the US$15M to you.

The Finance company will then contact you to let you know the funds have been approved for transfer into your account. The finance company will invite you to come over to their office to sign the funds release documents.

When the funds are transferred into your nominated account, I will then travel to meet with you to share the proceeds. I will take 80% and you will take 20%.I will exhort you to treat this transaction with the dedication it deserves. The need for absolute confidentiality in this transaction cannot be over emphasized.

I have perfected the modalities for the transfer and I assure you it will be 100% hitch free as long as you follow my instruction.

Thank you and God bless.
Yours sincerely

John Stendahl LLB.
johnstendahlmr@aol.nl

This is a classic reverse-psychology scam. You see, there are so many scammers out there who are trying to cheat you, that I (”Mrs. Farida Waziri” of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) have decided that your case merits special attention from the Nigerian government. That’s the only way the actual money you are owed can be delivered, free from scammer interference. It’s like a hall of mirrors, no?

from: sanusinewton EFCC.PAYCARD@sify.com
reply-to: mrsfaridad@aol.com
date: Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 1:19 AM
subject: ATTENTION….

Good day,

My Name is Mrs. Farida Waziri the new Economic and Financial Crimes Commission chairperson in Nigeria.

I understand you are expecting your delayed fund to be transferred to you, but some top government officials and bank partners will not tell you the truth about the where abouts of your fund and all they are doing is to tell you to pay outrageous fees which you refused to come up with.

I have to let you know the truth because I know you have gone far in trying to get this fund and must have paid some amounts of monies  to persons you are not supposed to give out a dime to. I will be ready to help you get your fund if you abide to my instructions to enable me help in delivering your fund as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission principal officer. I strongly know that they will never tell you the truth because they are all criminals.

I have decided with my veto power that you must receive one third of your principle fund which is US$5.5m (Five million five hundred united states dollars) to ascertain really whom I am.

You are advice to email me via my private mailbox at:mrsfaridad@aol.com I expect your prompt response.

Regards,
Mr. Farida Waziri.

This is an exceptionally detailed lottery scam message, filled with tons of made-up information about fiduciary agents, serial numbers, and busy office phones. In any real lottery, however, if you don’t buy an entry ticket you can’t win. No lottery that picks people randomly from the web, as this one claims to do, is legitimate. Don’t believe it? Try to collect your winnings from these folks and see what happens.

from: CUSTOMER SERVICE (national-lottery02@in.com)
reply-to: tsmith01@in.com
date: Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 1:41 AM
subject: FINAL NOTIFICATION:…Please contact our fiduciary Agents !!!

Customer Services
Ref: USCA/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
File #: KTU/9023118308/03

We happily announce to you the Third annual draw of the UK CANADIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY Sweepstakes International program held on the Wednesday 19th of August 2009 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Your e-mail address was attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 and Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky winning numbers: 5 6 10 15 39 42 BONUS 8 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$138,500 (One Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars)in cash credited to file ktu/9023118308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US$5,540,000 million dollars, shared amongst the First Twenty (40) lucky winners in this category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web through computer Draw system.This promotion takes place quarterly in view of this, your US$138,500 (One Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars) would be released and Processed By our Fiduciary agents/officers in Canada .For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid claiming and unwarranted Abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.Please be warned. Such cases we encountered earlier.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$138,500 (One Hundred and Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred United States Dollars) at no extra cost to yourself from our North American payment office located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada should you claim within the 3week time frame.

Now, we would like to explain to you the Federal and International regulations governing the personal collections of cash prizes.

1) Prize winnings are released to you as soon as your Clearance Fee is deducted and paid. That will be the day that your cheque will be released from our remittance office.

2) Your clearance fee is provided for you and is a calculated amount based on the size of your win as required by Federal and International regulations.

3) Note that once your clearance fee is paid, you will receive your winnings in the form of a certified check/Draft or if you request, by bank transfer directly into your bank account or any account nominated by you.

4) If you are contacted by any other person other than the designated fiduciary Agent and you are asked to send any form of money please desist from any further communication with this person, we provide all stipulated charges or fees take note of this.

To file for your claim, please direct all mails /inquiries to our fiduciary Agents in Canada they will take charge of all winners from these continents mentioned above, with all of the Details available below.Once you have made contact, we shall designate one of our numerous Customer services officer to handle your claim:

Mr. Thomas Smith
Tel/Fax no: +1-206-888-2125
Email: tsmith01@in.com

Good luck from me and members of staff of the UK CANADIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY.To avoid necessary delays and complications,please immediately send us an email or fax with following details below:

a) Quote your reference/batch and file numbers.
b) Your lucky winning numbers and bonus numbers.
c) Your full names and current address.
d) Proof of identity.
e) Also a copy of this email message.
f) Winning amount.
g) Your email address,telephone and fax numbers.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program. Thank You for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Yours Sincerely,
MR MARTIN HENRY
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR.
(UK CANADIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY)

NB:
1) Please note preferred mode of communication in redeeming your winnings is through Email or fax; telephone calls may not be received due to busy schedules.

2) We had to send this email again because fraudsters/scammers tried to drop a malicious bug into our database, please accept our apologies.

3) If you think you have received this email in error please ignore/discard it.

4) Please also do not reply to national-lottery02@in.com, if you do you risk been disqualified of redeeming your winnings. Mode of communication in redeeming your winnings is through Email or fax; telephone calls may not be received due to busy schedules.

5) You can also confirm your winning number and bonus numbers on our web http://www2.canada.com/findit/lotteries/results.aspx?id=4

This is another example of the “Iraq soldier scam.” An American soldier, usually a sergeant, claims to have recovered a fortune in cash that had belonged to Saddam Hussein, and he needs your help getting it out of the country. Hussein was a murderous dictator, so it’s not like we’re taking money from poor people or anything like that. Can you help? You’ll get a healthy reward if you do (sucker).

from: Sgt.Darrell Klante sklante90@yahoo.com
reply-to: link2mrsobi@sify.com
date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:18 PM
subject: CAN YOU DO THIS???

FROM: Sgt.Darrell Klante
Important Message

Good day, my name is Darrell Klante,

I am an American soldier, I am serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, as you know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to move funds belonging to Saddam Hussein’s family. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills. We want to move this money to you, so that you may invest it for us and keep our share for banking. You can go to this web link to read about events that took place there:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

We will take 70%, my partner and I. You take the other 30%. No strings attached, just help us move it out of Iraq, Iraq is a war zone. We plan on using diplomatic courier and shipping the money out in two large silver boxes, using diplomatic immunity. If you are interested I will send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you? When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers for quick communication also your contact details. This business is risk free. The box can be shipped out in 48hrs.

Email:link2mrsobi@sify.com

Respectfully,
Sgt.Darrell Klante

This is a version of one of the common lottery scams, claiming to come from Microsoft Corporation. It’s tricked out with the usual reference numbers, fiduciary agents, and the like — all common features of lottery scam messages. Do you remember buying a ticket for such a lottery? If not, you haven’t won.

from: MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY ONLINE info@microsoftlottery.co.uk
reply-to: brianedward2009@yahoo.com.hk
date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 8:17 PM
subject: Congratulation You Have Won!!!!

MICROSOFT INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
61-70 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury,
LONDON, United Kingdom, WC1B 4AR.
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01

ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION

FINAL NOTIFICATIONS!!!!!

!!!CONGRATULATIONS!! !!TO!! !!YOU!!!!!!

Dear Winner,
We happily announce to you the draw (Draw #1202) of the MSW LOTTERY, online Sweepstakes International Program held on recently in the UK. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of GBP5,500,000.00 POUNDS in cash which is approximately $11,000,000.00 USDOLLARS credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937.

This is from total prize money of GBP27,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Twenty (5)international winners in this category.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent via email.

NAME OF CLAIMS OFFICER: Mr. Brian Edward

E-m@il: brianedward2009@yahoo.com.hk

Provide him with the following information to claim your prize.
Name:
Address:
Occupation :
Sex:Age:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Telephone number:
BATCH NUMBER:
REFERENCE NO:

Yours Truly,
MRS.PATRICIA LAWRENCE
LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR/ANNOUNCER.

Congratulations to you…Reply to brianedward2009@yahoo.com.hk

SPONSORS:-CHIEF SPONSOR; MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS UK; MICROSOFT CO OPERATIONS ASIA; MICROSOFT CO-OPERATIONS USA

This is a routine bank scam message, albeit with a florid subject line. As in the familiar “over-invoiced account” scams that often circulate, a supposed bank official, “Frank Wuddah,” claims to have concealed excess profits that you can share if you’ll just help to transfer them out of Ghana. In reality there are no excess profits and no bank official; from beginning to end the story is made up, and it’s designed to get some of your money into the scammer’s hands.

from: Mr. Wuddah frankwuddah@centrum.cz
reply-to: mrwuddah@sify.com
date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 12:06 AM
subject: A $million dollar PROPOSAL that can transform your BUSINESS !!!

Good Day,

Sorry for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer as it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature. I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$3.5M.

This fund has been stashed out of the excess profit made last year by my branch office of the International Commercial Bank- GHana, which I am the manager. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2008 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of this excess.

I have since then, placed this amount in a Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary. Upon your response, I will configure your name on our database as holder of the Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account Closure/ bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank account.

If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 30% of the funds while 70% shall be for me.

Kindly forward your response to: (mrwuddah@sify.com)

Regards,
Mr. Frank Wuddah
+233-54-3457174

This is the male counterpart of the familiar dying widow scam. Roland Goam is a wealthy businessman dying of cancer, and he has no family left. He wants to give his money away to make up for a lifetime of selfishness. Won’t you help? You can have a reward if you do (sucker).

from: Roland Goam rolandgoam1@yahoo.com.hk
reply-to: rolandgoam@yahoo.com.hk
date: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:48 AM
subject: FROM ROLAND GOAM

My name is Roland Goam I am from Greece Please take this serious, I am taking this liberty anchored on strong desire to ask for your assistance for help. Your consent and urgent attention will greatly be needed, devoid of apprehensions. I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. It has defied all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. Now that i have been diagnosed with this deadly disease I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as few close friends, i lost my wife and son in a fatal accident a few  years ago I have decided to give alms to charity organizations,as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.

So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Somalia and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I can not do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money, which I have there to charity organization in Bulgeria and Haiti, they refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money, which no one knows of, is the huge cash deposit of Ten Million United States Dollars($10,000,000) that I have with a Finance Vaulting Unit in Europe.I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations.I,am willing to offer you a reward If you are willing to help.

please when replying indicate Your full name email, cell phone number so that My personal confidant will call you and give you details on how the funds will be transfered to you.

Regards,

Roland Goam

This Western Union scam is a straightforward money transfer scam, related to the common lottery scams that circulate on the net. Just confirm your details and your payment will be sent (you’re supposed to know already what the payment is for). If you take the bait, you’ll find that a whole range of “fees” and “taxes” have to be paid up front, and once the scammer has received your money he’ll vanish into thin air.

from: Henning hetom35@yahoo.com.hk
reply-to: HenTom@ir.ae
date: Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 5:45 AM
subject: Go and Pick Your Money

How are you today?

I write to inform you that we have already sent you The USD$5000.00 dollars through Western union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment total sum of USD$395,000.00 via western union by this government.

I look for your telephone number to contact you but I have lost my diary I decided to email you the MTCN and sender name so that you will pick up this USD$5000.00 to enable us send another USD$5000.00 today as you know we will be sending you only USD$5000.00 per day.

Please pick up this information and Proceed to western union to pick up the Fund and Write me back to send you another payment today, Here is the western union information to pick up the Fund.

MTCN : 215 678 0077
Sender’s Name:Rebecca Chim
Text Question: Will
Answer:Fine
Amount: USD$5000.00

I am waiting for your response once you pick up this fund, Please email me your direct telephone number because I need to be calling you once we send any payment ok.

Thanks,
Tom Henning.
western union Headquarters Benin.
tomwesternunionbenin@yahoo.com.hk
Tel:+22996761354

This is a standard lottery scam message, made timely and urgent by claiming to report the results of today’s drawing (with the date correctly specified). The formatting is so broken, however, that it seems to have been cut and pasted from earlier message fragments. Because scammers of this kind depend upon establishing personal contact with you, the reply-to address is usually a giveaway: why would any real UK National Lottery be writing from an address at latinmail.com?

from: UK NATIONAL LOTTERY BOARD LONDON uklotteryinfo@onilne.co.uk
reply-to: ianwandleclaimsdesk1@latinmail.com
date: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM
subject: CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE WON:

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU HAVE WON:
The UK National Lottery
PO Box 1010, Liverpool, L70 1NL
United Kingdom.
REFNє: EGS/2251256003/02
BATCH Nє:14/0017/1PD
WINNING #: 60/84/27/17/36/44
Date: 10/10/2009.
FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR.

PRIZE AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION:

The U.K National Lottery officially wishes to inform you of the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by the Great Britain held on Saturday October 10, 2009. Your email account attached to ticket number 902710842777887 with serial number 2688/08 drew the lucky number: 60, 84, 27,17,36,44 with a bonus jackpot number {18} have been picked as the winner of EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY {Ј850,000.00}. This result is now released to you on this day 10/10/2009.

You are to contact the funds department under the office of your accredited claims agent: Mr. Ian Wandle via emails :{ ianwandleclaimsdesk@latinmail.com or ianwandleclaimsdesk1@latinmail.com}, and you are to quote your detailed information and your email address for the verification and confirmation of your winnings as follows: 1. Full Names:, 2. Address:, 3. Marital Status:, 4. Occupation:, 5. Age:, 6. Sex:, 7. Nationality:, 8. Country of Residence:, 9. Telephone Number:, 10. Fax Number:, 11. Winning Number:

Congratulations from all the staffs and thank you for luckily being part of the email account users program

Dr. P. Swier,
{Manager Director},

It’s another rich orphan scam! In this example a young man has lost his whole family in the African wars, but not before his father was able to deposit eleven million dollars in the bank to support him. If you’ll just help to liberate this money and invest it properly, you can have a cut (sucker).

from: Frank Williams (frankfw@centrum.sk)
date: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:18 PM
subject: Expecting to hear from you soon.

Hello Dear,

My name is frank, from Sierra Leone . My father and I escaped from our country at the heat of the civil war after loosing my mother and two of my senior brothers in the war. As a result of the political instability in my country even after the war, my father established his cocoa and coffee export business in Abidjan , Ivory Coast . He was in Buake, A northern city to negotiate for the purchase of a cocoa plantation when he was shot and killed by the rebel troupes fighting to take over the Government of the country on the 22nd September, 2002. The death of my father has now made me an orphan and thereby exposing me to danger.Before the unfortunate death, my late father had in his personal account with a bank here the sum of $11.7m. As a result of the present insecurity of lives and property in this country, I wish request that you assist me use your account in your country to transfer the balance of my father’s account. Again to assist me with a letter of invitation that will make me get a visa to your country for residence in order for me to continue my education and to invest the fund in a viable business venture.

Iam willing to give you 15% while 5% has been earmarked for expenses. If this is acceptable to you, Send me a mail through my regular e-mail account (frankfw4@yahoo.co.th) so that we can discuss further on this matter.

Best Regards

Expecting to hear from you.

Frank williams

This message uses a special type of reverse scammer psychology. Figuring that “I have a million dollars for you” may not be credible, this message presents a possible threat: “Someone claiming to represent you is here asking for the million dollars. Shall I give your money to her?” While you might be skeptical of the offer of a fortune, perhaps you won’t want to take a chance that it’s real and now someone else is going to steal it from you.

from: Charles (info@live.co.uk)
reply-to: michaeljonedept@live.com
date: Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 6:14 PM
subject: Re:

Compliment,

How are you doing. Hope you have not forgotten me, I am Charles S.E the man from Nigeria who contacted you some time ago to assist me secure the release of some money accrued from the over invoicing of a contract/inheritance that was awarded by my government some time ago during the military regime.

Though you were not able to assist me conclude the transaction, I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transfered under the assistance and cooperation of a new partner from Brazil.Presently I’m in South Korea for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds, I made sure you are not left out the benefit of the transaction hence I kept aside for you sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar($2,500,000.00)draft.

Please bear with me for the making the initial contact through Email.Mean while, A woman came to MY SECRETARY OFFICE few Days Ago with a letter,Claiming to be your true Representative

HERE IS THE INFORMATION BELOW:

NAME ANNE BRENDA
4031 Villa Vista
Palo Alto, CA 94306
BANK NAME: CITIBANK, ARIZONA, USA.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6503809008.

Please,Do reconfirm to MY SECRETARY OFFICE,as a matter of urgency if this woman is from you so that he will not be held responsible for paying into the Wrong Name. If this woman is not your Representative,You are requested to fill and send this information for verification purpose so that your VALID CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT $2,500,000.00 MILLION US DOLLARS WILL NOT BE deliver to the wrong hand please. THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF INHERITANCE ON YOUR BEHALF:

YOUR NAME:………………………….
YOUR ADDRESS:……………………….
YOUR PHONE NUMBER……………………
AGE………………………………..
SEX:……………………………….
YOUR OCCUPATION/POSITION HELD……………………..

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much,so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Michael Jone, l have instruct him on how to send you the Bank draft to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive the Draft so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time.

In the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which i and my partner are having at hand, finally,remember that i had left instruction to my secretary so as soon as you contact him, he will send the Draft to you,so feel free to get in touch with MY SECRETARY NOW.Below is the contact of my secretary.

Michael Jone
michaeljonedept@live.com
Tel:+234-805-681-4318

Best Regard
Charles S.E

This is a specific and familiar type of scam, one we might call the battlefield soldier scam. A dedicated soldier (at present usually an American soldier in Iraq) claims to have discovered a large quantity of cash, typically abandoned cash that belonged to a former dictator. Taking it wouldn’t really be stealing, since the dictator has been deposed and he was corrupt anyway. If you’ll just help move the money to your country, you can have a cut. No one will be harmed, and we’ll all be rich. What could be wrong with that?

from: JOHNSON WOOD (johnson12wood@yahoo.co.jp)
reply-to: johnson1wood@yahoo.co.jp
date: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 9:43 AM
subject: GOOD DAY 10/10/09:

Dear Sir/Madam

My name is (staff Sgt.) Johnson Wood; i am an American soldier, serving in the Military with the army’s 3rd infantry division. i have a very desperate need for Assistance and have summed up courage to contact you.

I found your contact particulars in an address journal and I am seeking your kind Assistance to move the sum of Five million United States dollars (us$5,000,000) to you In your country, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care Until i complete my service here.

SOURCE OF MONEY

Some money in various currencies were discovered in barrels at a Farmhouse near one of saddam’s old palaces in tikrit-iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by Staff Sgt.. Kenneth buff and i that some part of this money be shared Between us. My own share of the money is Five Million United State Dollars, which I want moved out immediately.

One Passionate appeal i will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should You have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too bad for the u.s. soldier’s here in Iraq.

I do not know how long we will remain here; month of May was the deadliest month for us out Here. Totally, we lost 127 men and i have been shot, wounded and survived two suicides Bomb attacks by the special grace of God.

This and other reasons i will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help. I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as soon as Possible with my private e-mail address which is my only way of communication (e-mail: johnson1wood@yahoo.co.jp)

May God bless you and your family.

Regards,

Johnson Wood.

This is a classic example of the wealthy orphan scam. A sad young woman (it’s almost always a woman) has been left alone in the world, or left alone with her younger siblings, because her parents have been murdered or poisoned by some evil power. But before her parents died, her father told her about the secret fortune he had deposited for her in a bank somewhere, and now the poor (rich) orphan needs your help to retrieve the money. She can tell you’re an honest person (playing to your vanity.) Won’t you help an orphan (you sucker)?

from: jenny marisa (jennnymarisa@yahoo.fr)
reply-to: marisafamily20010@yahoo.co.jp
date: Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 6:52 AM
subject: SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP

SEEKING FOR YOUR HELP

My name is Miss Jenny Marisa looking for a trustworthy, sincere and honest someone like you who can help me in this time of needs.

My father Mr Johnson Osy Marisa, during the civil and political crisis in our country, my parents together with my three sisters was poisoned by heartless elements that called themselves his brother and wicked relatives. Fortunately for me, I was in the school when this tragedy took place to my family. I was in coma for almost two weeks. But I thank the almighty God because I never knew that I could support the shock of losing almost my whole family. That is by the way. Right now I am still here in country but very unsafe for me. I’m living in great fear and bondage. I intend leaving this country as soon as possible but only one thing kept me back. My late father has deposited with one of the prime bank the sum of money, $5.2Million USD, for onward transfer to any bank abroad

But unfortunately he did not complete the transaction before he sudden died. I have all the documents concerns this money in the bank and receipt of deposit with which my late father made the deposit, I have mapped out 15% out of the total money for your help and assistances because it looks stupid for me trying to confide in a total stranger I never met before . By instinct I am convinced you are an honest person and you have the capacity to handle this transaction with me. As soon as it is done, I will come over with to meet you and spend the rest of my live in your country. I wish to invest the money into estate business and other good business you may propose. I promise to greatly compensate you for any assistance you may offer me. I do not know how you may feel about this but I want you to take this very serious and confidential. Down here, I am living in fear because enemies, uncles and wicked relatives of my parents are hunting for me. Please let me know your mind concerning my proposal to you, please contact me with this email private email for more details and information. (marisafamily20010@yahoo.co.jp)

May God bless you,

Miss jenny

Following the trend set by some current 419 scammers, this lottery scammer has sent a very brief “hook” message, without the usual details of winning numbers, corporate sponsors, and the like. Just “You’ve won, contact us.” If you do, you’ll step into the same old scam, though: a request for front money to release your winnings. If you pay up, the scammer will disappear, never to be heard from again.

from: Online Sweepstakes® info@onlinesweeps.com
reply-to: m0003gregory@gmail.com
date: Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 5:20 PM
subject: Winning Notification!!!

You have been announced a winner of £1,500,000 GBP in the double-click Promo held Today. contact:fiduciary agent with your Name, Phone Number and Date of birth

Contact agent: Mark Gregory
Email. m0003gregory@gmail.com
Tel: (+44) 7024-084-549

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Online Coordinator
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